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Grok Text-to-Speech vs Eleven v3
Specs, pricing, and capabilities side by side — plus outputs generated from identical prompts, so the only variable between the columns is the model.
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xAI's expressive text-to-speech model with multiple voices and 20-language support.
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ElevenLabs' most expressive voice model with rich emotional and tonal range.
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Creator
xAI
ElevenLabs
Released
4 months ago (Apr 2026)
5 months ago (Mar 2026)
Available on
RunwareReplicate
Replicate
Model ID
xai/grok-text-to-speech
elevenlabs/v3
Specs
Pricing
$0.015 / 1k chars
$0.10 / 1k chars
Type
Text-to-speech
Text-to-speech
Voices
27 to choose from
26 to choose from
Languages
Multilingual
Multilingual
Output formats
MP3, WAV, FLAC, OGG, PCM, MULAW, ALAW
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Voice controls
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Speed, Stability, Similarity
Samples
NarrationBaseline naturalness and pacing
PromptThe last train had already left, but she decided to walk anyway. The city was quieter than she remembered, and for the first time in weeks, she wasn't in a hurry.
0:00 / 0:09
Download xai-grok-text-to-speech-narration.mp3
0:00 / 0:10
Download elevenlabs-v3-narration.mp3
ExpressiveEmotion, emphasis, and pauses
PromptWait — you're telling me it actually worked? After all that? I can't believe it. Honestly, I thought we'd lost the whole thing.
0:00 / 0:07
Download xai-grok-text-to-speech-expressive.mp3
0:00 / 0:08
Download elevenlabs-v3-expressive.mp3
Numbers and jargonDecimals, percentages, version numbers
PromptThe API returned 3,481 results in 0.42 seconds, a 12 percent improvement over version 2.5. Latency at the 99th percentile dropped from 840 milliseconds to 610.
0:00 / 0:16
Download xai-grok-text-to-speech-technical.mp3
0:00 / 0:13
Download elevenlabs-v3-technical.mp3
Every sample is the model’s first result for the shared scene prompt — no cherry-picking — generated via Runware or Replicate. Hover a copy icon to read the full prompt.
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